November 2008

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Editorial

In hot water - p137

Olive Heffernan

Published online: 04 November 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.117

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Research Highlights

Sounds in the key of life - p138

Olive Heffernan

Published online: 09 October 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.106

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Physical effects - p138

Anna Armstrong

Published online: 09 October 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.107

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Minor disturbances - p138

Alicia Newton

Published online: 16 October 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.110

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Foreboding forecast - pp138 - 139

Olive Heffernan

Published online: 16 October 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.111

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Riddle resolved - p139

Olive Heffernan

Published online: 23 October 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.112

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Taxing the tropics - p139

Anna Armstrong

Published online: 23 October 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.113

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News Feature

Pre-emptive strike: outwitting extinction - pp140 - 141

A venerable conservation organization predicts how climate change will affect individual species. Will conservationists take pre-emptive action? Emma Marris reports.

Published online: 23 October 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.114

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Commentary

Standing on the brink - pp142 - 143

Mark C. Serreze & Julienne C. Stroeve

Despite some recovery of the Arctic summer sea ice this year, the signs suggest the transition to a seasonally ice-free Arctic Ocean is underway.

Published online: 09 October 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.108

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Books and Arts

Pocket IPCC - pp144 - 145

Jay Gulledge

The hefty 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change gets a diminutive translation.

Published online: 09 October 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.109

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On our bookshelf: dark visions - pp145 - 146

Anna Barnett

Published online: 30 October 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.115

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News and Views

When did the icehouse cometh? - pp147 - 148

Stephen F. Pekar

The concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide decreased between 45 million and 25 million years ago, a trend accompanied by glaciation at the poles. Modelling results suggest when and where the ice closed in.

Published online: 01 October 2008; doi:10.1038/455602a

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Article originally published in Nature 455

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Policy Watch

Canadian election goes against the 'green shift' - pp149 - 150

Canada's voters have rejected the Liberal party's strong environmental platform to re-elect Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Hannah Hoag looks down the road ahead for Canadian climate policy.

Published online: 30 October 2008; doi:10.1038/climate.2008.116

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